ASDL - Aero-Structural Design Laboratory
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
- Automatic generation of low-medium fidelity aero-structural models.
- Fast structural sizing, aeroelastic analysis and optimization.
- Multi-objective topological optimization of compliant structures for morphing application.
- Active aeroelastic control, including wind tunnel validation.
FUTURE PLANS
- Development of conceptual-preliminary design procedures to analyze non linear highly flexible aircraft
- Implementation of integrated aero-structural optimization procedures for the optimal design of passively and actively controlled flexible aircraft
- Design, implementation and experimental validation of morphing devices for transport aircraft based on compliant structures
- Design, implementation and experimental validation of active devices and strategies for Maneuver and Gust Loads Alleviation
ERC KEYWORDS
- PE8-13 Lightweight construction, textile technology
- PE8-4 Computational Engineering
- PE7-1 Control Engineering
- PE8-1 Aeospace Engineering
FREE KEYWORDS
- Conceptual and preliminary aircraft design
- Active, aeroelastic and morphing aircraft
Research projects
H2020 | U-HARWARD - Ultra High Aspect Ratio Wing Advanced Research and Designs
H2020 | GUDGET - GUst generators and model DesiGn for transonic wind tunnel tEsTs
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME | GLAMOUR - Gust Load Alleviation techniques assessment on wind tUnnel MOdel of advanced Regional aircraft
PONREC | TIVANO - Tecnologie Innovative per Velivoli di Aviazione generale di Nuova generaziOne
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME | SARISTU - Smart Intelligent Aircraft Structures
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME | NOVEMOR - NOvel Air VEhicle Configurations: From Fluttering Wings to MORphing Flight
6TH FP EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT | NICETRIP - Novel Innovative Competitive Effective Tilt Rotor Integrated Project
European Project | 3AS - Active aeroelastic aircraft structure